The Sun. — London, England, 1809-07-31 00:00:00

70 GWILLYM LLOYD WZRIJLE, ESQ. LETTER THE SECOND. SIR, Before I proteed to inquire into the nature and charaaer of the popularity you have enjoyed, and to andiyAe and determine your claims and pretensions to the rewards you have received, it will not be more than justice to confess that, if your motives and your cpndut have been honourable and pure e your public virtue is of the very highest order, and there is no niche in the temple of memory to which you may not aspire 1 .- The sacrifices you must have made from your pri-_ vate feelings, your conjugal happiness, and your fortune, in pursuit of the 'fame which you have ac quired as a PUBLICACCUSER and REPORMER, might have staggered a mind of common firmness, and a Patriot of ordinary dimensions. For you it was reserv= ed, by some peculiar quality or felicity of your'dispo sition or your destiny, to desire and delight in those offices from which weak nature shrinks with disgust ; aad to purchase situations an-3 duties, which very pare and honourable Charae - ter9 assume only from necessity, and with doubt, repugnance, and dis may ! And when it occurs to my mind With how much difficulty and relualance you must have sub dued, (under your sense of public duty), the rigour of your principles at Oakhampton—µ hat it. must have cost the feelings of a Reformer, ofyour spotless integrity and virtue to buy a'Seat in Parliament of a country attorney*_what to buy the evidence and the letters of such a woman as Mrs. Chit ke—what, to take some of them by violence—what, to break promises you made to her (fin - the sake of your coun try)—what to instigate her ma:ice, to suborn her revenge, to corrupt the little good that remained in her, and overpower the last scruples of her soul— what you must have suffered. by openly associating and travelling with her—what blows 'you .inflicled (fur the public advantage) upon your own domestic peace and reputation—what parts of your private fortune, and of the just hopes of your children you , did not hesitate to devote to this noble objet% to the generous motive, the pure, genuine, filtered, de preeated- impulse of 'public JUSTICE and REPO/0- unbiassed 'by hope or recolleEtion, uncorrupted by ambition or revengethat yott had received no Mor tifications, and experiencedino repulses in yoUr prospects—that 'yoer. nearest relatives had practised no deceptions, and been exposed to Censures or reprimands ffotn the illustrious obje& of your prosecution—in short, that you were neither led nor goaded by any selfish or yindialve feeling— that you had every thing to stake, and nothing to ob tain, every natural feeling to subdue, and no wish or resentment to gratify say, when I consider all this mass and assemblage of public principles and virtues, with all the,personal 'disinterestedness, for titude, and self-devotedness which were -.necessary to sustain and to give them aetivity.ancl dire6tion, I confess that I am at au absolute loss, that P.want words, and words want power, to convey or exprerss the many and resistless claims you may prefer to the applause and gratitude of your country ! . . How must your firm unbending soul look down upon the pusillanimous and loyal fool, who would have hesitated between the pangs 'he was about to inflict with an Unerring !Lind, in the sacred bosom of a King, endeared and identified with the country by half a century of virtues, and the GREAT Put, lie Dory . of unveiling the fond unguarded hours of a, soldier, and letting in the public eye upon manly confidence, abused by meretricious wiles and fascina tion ! How must you despise and look duwn from the lofty pyramid of your virtue, upon the Mean and vavering pair*, who would have been deterred from the great obje& you pursued, by the feelings of the Royal Family,_ by the interests of the army, or, by the vain scruple of breaking into' the secrecy and retirement of private:life, by suborning all the bad paisions of an unfortunate female, by engaging her to continue her• fraudulent negocialionsi by pro mising to attain her signatures, in order to cover her frauds • and, lastly, by forcibly carrying' off that part of her correspondence which he could not ob tam from her remorse, by bribes and 'corruption ! In the worst ages of the decline of Rollie, we are told by the historians, that there publicly eicisted a race, or class, of sell-elected ACCUSERS or Patriots, whose great ambition it was— PER MAGNAS INIMrCITIAS CEARESCERE, to acquire popularity by reviling, calnmniating, and pre:eiring charges against, the,first and most illus-- trior fa.r4lies of _the State, which were bunted dGyht by profligate andsuborned witnesses, and con demned 'upon fabricated fetters qr documents, of which the forgery was not doubted even at the time, and was invariably discovered ul an any change . lace in the Page povernment, or upon the Thrqne, Thus were the Islands of the Vide Trial Wright v. Wardle, where it is confessed Mr. V.r4l.e 4.4.1;4 !lice A 14AL! qa ►lgNoya Y:11V1:, PlytielCl A 111; icit the tiuro lAn, at the f Mi►iutes of the Evidence taken beige •titcCommittee the Houzof cqqnnpnk t No. 9.—p. 3.A0. terraa:2ln, r.nl the dic.t3n!. pro ?aces of the tinine., for et,er filled wt,th- innocent and ithiiiriotni e,xile who were perpetually succeeded and e: changed for the malignant and shameless wretches of Whose ac cusations and perjuries they were the vialins. But, in'all the long and disgusting catalogue and series of these unjust attainders and the repeal of them, I cannot trace an instance of a Public AcCuser, who attempted to 'stUltifY himself and his proceedings, by impeaching the credit of his own witness; and pr 6.4 securing for perjury the slave, the broker, or the prostitute, upon whose testimony he had caused a conSulai or triumphal person to be conviaed or dis placed! So peculiar, so happy, so exclusively your own, so free from rivalry or parallel are your titles, Sir, to .the palm of true patriotism, and to the es , teem, the. confidence, \and the applause of all sin cere and serious,. Reformers. .1 have the honour to be, 'Sir, BRITANNICLTi. MAILS. NteRIVED r Usbo.n, r New-York, 2 Dublin, 2 Waterford. Duz—i Guttenburgu, t Malta, ,r Lisbon, Waterford. 1 , 1:10E ()i sTOCI. , Tills Dray AT TW4LVE v'cpocit. Consols . - 68 Ornmuin . pr. THE SUN. 410L214 DICItI WALSUS4 AUDIAT ? LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 31, 1809. On Siturday we mnncunced the sailing of the second Grand Division of, the Expedition from the Downs, and from the•state of the wind, we have no doubt that it reached the place of its destination on Saturday evening, as it is 'not above t welve hours sail, with a fair wind, from the Downs to the ISland of Waleheren. It is probable that to-morrow we shall have the pleitSing duty tOpertorm, of acquainting our Readers with the :success of the first object of the ExpeditiOn, which is to take possession of the Island of Watcheten, and the other Islands at the mouth of the Scheldt. The Island of Cad sand will, we understand, be attacked by the Marquis of HUNTLEY'S Division, the Island 'Cif Schowen by Sir .I..thn Hors, and \Valcheren by Sir E. COOTE. When these objetts are accomplished, an united ti4val and military force, will proceed up the .Scheldt to Antwerp, for the purpose of destroy ing.the 'enemy's 'fleet and • great naval depot. There were ulterior objeas, but whether, under the pre sent ci . reurnstances, it will ,be deemed advisable to attempt to carry them into execution, we do not pretend to decide. Our Readers may confidently look to us for the earliest authentic intelligence of the progress of this 'most important Expedition. On Saturday GovernMent received Dispatches from Sir ARTHUR VVIELLESLEY, dated at: Castle Branco on the Ist instant. They state that the British Army commenced its march for Spain the latter end of June, taking the . route of Placentia. The principal part of the French forCe was - assembled at Talavera de la Reyna, apparently with I he'inien tion of making a stand, but we are Very much afraid .they will not wait the approach of the British Army. About 4000 French, who during the night had got into the Val de Pena, were surrounded by the Spa niards and cut to pieces. 'On Thursday the Walsingham packet arrived at Falmouth, in sesenteen days, from Lisbon. General CRAWFORD had arrived therefrom Portsmouth, With about 3000 men, as had also about the same num ber froni Cork, the whole of which were encamped in the neighbourhood of Liiibon. Sir A. IVEILEs- LEY was understood to be on the Spanish frontiers, but had not, as prtviously stated, formed a junc-' tion with CIJE4TA, although he was . on the eve of joining him. We ibis morning received American Papers, to the 14th ult. but their contents are very uninterest. ing. We received this morning the Prague Gazette of the 14th. The following is the only important article in it.;—. " PRAGUE, JULY 1 4.—ln the beginning of the present month, General Ritnivo.igvicu was inform ed that the enemy had on all sides made' arrange . - ments for compelling him,•by a serious attack, to re tire from the principality of Bayreuth. " On the 6th the advanced posts were attacked pear Holilfelden, • and diiven back, by a superior " O the Bth, the enemy under the command of Marshal JUNOT,- attacked General RAntvomvlcit at day-break with great vigour, and three times su perior force. Until halt- past ten Generalliamvo- JEVICII repulsed every attack, and by this gallant re:- sistance acquired great glory fur his little corps. At this moment, however, Marshal KIENMAYER came up with the Duke of littuNswicii.'s corps, the Hes sians, • and some battalions of our Landwehr: The enemy was immediately attacked in the flank and in the rear, and though he fought with the greatest obstinacy for three hours, he was in turn compelled to retreat. " On the same day our corps advanced farther into Bayreuth, where the enemy had left 200 men severely wounded. The enemy's loss is very con siderable. Two caissons, two waggons with -flints, and the whole of the enemy's baggage, fell into our hands. The French Generals LA ROCHR and 111zTnE, are wounded. On the gih, Field Marc steal KIENMAYF.R wished to hallow up .his viaory, and bring on a general anion with General .JUNOT, Ouradvanced coluinns, however, could only over take the rear-guard of the enemy, who always re treated as the heads of our columus approached. No correct estimate eon yet he formed of our loss, but it is fat less than that of the enemy. All the troops covered themselves with glory, particularly the Land wehr, wiio in this brilliant action emulated the troops of the line, displayed in every respect equal zeal, and contributed essentially to the viaory. " BREsLAU, JULY B.—We have no certain in_ formation respecting the events in Poland. The Russians are, however, in motion. They are to oc- cup)' Pi!silo and Dembrice, fifteen miles fro►n Cra cow. JULY ie.—Letters fronythe Austrian frontiers state, that the Russian corps which has entered Lemberg has established a sort of mixed Government there. Count WURMSER is appointed Governor of Galticia. The circles of Bil:itez, Cracow, Mysla wice, Bochnier, and Senditzer, are placed by the Russians under separate administrations, all Ma6,is trates retaining their posts." The report that the Bulietin containing an account of the Armistice, was fabricated by the French, merely for the purpose of stopping the sailing of our Expedition, was yesterday confidently revived, and it was said that a gentleman of respedabiiity had ar rived in town from Paris, which place he left on the 24th inst. who declares, that at that time, no accrAint of the Armistice had reached that city. We should be most happy to credo ihis'account, but wefear•the fa6t of an Armistice having been concluded, cannot be doubted. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses Au- GUSTA, SOPHIA, and MARY, aCCO panted by Lady ALBINA CUMBERLAND, General CARTWRIGHT, and Colonel DESBROW, rode to St. George's Chapel, and heard a Sermon preached. by the , Rev. Mr. Loma, and afterwards returned to the'Palace.: On Saturday afternoon the Prnieess of WALES,' and Duke of KENT, arrived at Windsor, and toge , ther with the Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, and SorntA, and Lady- ILCIIESTER, accompanied her £tIAJEsTY to the Willows, at Surly I-1, atn, il l , seat of TOWN LEY WA RD,, Esq. %k here they were received 'in .due form by that Gentleman, and at , erwa . rds walked a considerable time in the Gardens, 'viewed the Gentlemen of Eton College on the water, and partook of their annual entertainment on the oppo site shore, in a meadow belonging to MONTAGUE GROVES, Esq, where the tables were s pr ea d the chnicest wines, nevus, sv hablibs, &c. which were conveyed across the water from Mr: TowNi.ty WARD'S seat, for the accommodation of the Ito) :1 Visitors, who, atter having expressed their cattire satistaction at the h-sPitable entertainment they had received, about eight o'clock in the evening left Surly Heath for Windsor,, where they arrived in abOut half an hour afterwards. It is expeEted the , Princess of WALES will remain with their 'MAJES TIES _at Windsor some days. The unfortunate GUSTAVUS the IVih, it is re ported, has received permission from the existing Government of Sweden to 0 with his Queen, son, and two daughters, to Switzerland, trtere to Pass the remainder of his days in privacy... Both by the public. accourrs and by our private letters, it appears that the. Hairoverians, weary of French oppresSion, are anxious for the restoration of their former political institutions. . The Governor- General of Hanover, LASALCETTE, has found it ne-, .cessary to issue a Proclamation, declaring that •all persons harbouring Conscripts, or aiding their es- Cape, shall be .subject to military punishment. The inhabitants of that territory continue to believe that odr Expedition has been fined out :tor their deli+ er ance from the enemy, and. are disposed by all the means in their power to promote such , a design. An English cutter, which passed the Sound on the 26th ult. with dispatches for St. Petersburgh, re turned with a Flag of Truce to Elsinore on the 4th inst. having in the interval traversed the Baltic and Gulph of Finland. The Comtnander of the Danish rowing flotilla, in consequence of the dispatches which he received by this conveyance, went tkvice force, General RADivoiEvicn then resolved to •on board the English Commodore off Helsinburgh wait for the enemy in the position of Berneck. He . his visit was returned, and various speculations h a ve been occasioned both in Denmark and Sweden by was Attacko there on the 7th by the enemy, vastly this intercourse. superior in numbers, and having seen that defile f The Gazette of Saturday contains an Order in in part turned by the enemy, he fell back upon Council, direEting that all Apothecaries, and other Effrees, whet he expected to form a junction with Compounders of Medicines, &c. shall use th e f o rm,' manner, proportions, &c. prescribed in the revised Field-Marshal KIENMAYER but confident of ob- Pharmacopoeia of the College of the Faculty of Pity- . wining this support, he resolved to present the sic, under the penalty of incurring his Majesty's displeasure, &c, most obstinate rebibttince to the advancing enemy. • NAVAL NEW.':. Frcm Ilk LONDON CZZETT F., 7il 29 , ftlk Admiralty-Office, July 2g, 1809. Copy of a Letter from Captain Henry boys, Commander of • tits Majesty's Sloop the Moselle, addressed to Vice..\ d miral Rowley, Commander in Chief in (atonic:a and transmitted by the Adtniral to the Hunotaable W. ley Pole. S R, Moselle, at Sea. May 2g. iBrg. I beg leave to acquaint you, that I have this day, after a few hours chace, carptur d the French Na tional Schooner Le Beau Narcisse, of eight gout and Lb men, commanded by Mons. Louis Oreg . , Enseigne de Vakseau ; she left St. Domingo on I cruize on the 7th of May. I have the honour to be, &c. HENRY BOYS. PLYMOUTH, JULY 2g.—Arrived, the French ship letter of marque, L'Augusfe, from Bourdeaux, la den with cordage and bale goods, bound to the Isle .of 'France, captured on the 22d instant, after a dace of to hours, by his Majesty's ship Seine, of 36 guns, Captain ATKiNS : she is a very fine vessel of her class, only twa months off the stocks, pierced for Is guns, but had only nine mounted, eight of which she threw overboard during . the chace, and manned with 45 Men ; the French schooner L'Eu,e - ene, from Nantz, laden with oak timber, bound to L'Orienr, captured by his Majesty's ship Medusa, of 36 guns, on ly one Frenchman was found on board her when taker. possession of, the rest of the crew having made their escape in the boat; the American brig Eliza, Non- TON, from Benecarlo, laden with wine and fruit, bound to Guernsey, put in here by contrary winds; his Majesty's brig Cadmus, of 14 guns, from a cruise; a fleet of light vi&uallers from Portsmouth; the Mediterranean Packet, MARY, from Gibraltar, laden with Wine, brandy, and soap, bound to Guernsey ; and the br g Samuel, GRIMSTONE, from Gibraltar, laden' with wine and cork, bound to this Port for orders; the British ketch Ma• ria, BREWER, from Gibraltar, laden with brandy, bound to Alderney ; the British ketch Mar garet, MACMASTER, from Gibraltar, laden with wine, bound to this Port for orders ; and the brig- Ann, of Arundel, GALE master, from Gibraltar and Cadiz, bound to this Port for orders: parted corn. pany with his Majesty's ship Mermaid, with a Con. voy from the Mediterranean off this Port yesterday the Flora transport, Captain HOULTON, from Lisbon-; the transport brig Ilfracombe, Captain FLEMING/ • from Oporto, with 48 French prisoners last from Lisbon, and the Pill Head, Captain GasTyAnts, from Lisbon ; sailed the Bth June, in company %vitt; a fleet, consisting of R 7 sail, under convoy of his Ms.- jecy's ship "dlirztuscade. Passed up Channel, the West India fleet, under convoy of hts Majesty's ships Diamond and Mala• tar., His Majesty's ship Matta . of So guns, wag docked thisiday. Arrived the French ketch Le Deux Frera, from Rochelle, wit It sundries, bound to GuadalouPe, cap• t I 'red by his Majesty's ship Emerald, of , 36 guntig Capt. MAITLAND ; the brig Jean, SCoTT, frolo Gibraltar, laden with brandy, wine, and fruit, bound to Guernsey, put in here by contrary winds. Retnains in Cawsand Bay the GoltXnch sloop 0, War. In the Sound, his Majesty's ships Princess Char lotte, Evpiegle, Swallow, Cossack Pickle, Plies' sant, Cadmus, and Harlequin. DEAL, JULY 2g.- ' -The Second, or Grand sion of t h , Expedition, consisting of the Portsmouth fleet, and the greatest• part of the transports here, conveying about 25,000 troops, sailed hence this morning, ?t day-light, under the command of Ad miral ()TWAY, with a fine breeze from the West ward, : which will carry them the length of Flush ing in the course of the evening. There ,are now only the cavalry transports here, and part of. the store-ships, in the whole about 180 sail. Jost at the moment the Expedition was 'passing th,North Sand Head into the North Sea, the bornel warCi-boUnd Jamaica, Lisbon, and. Mediterranean fleets were in sight, coming round the South Fore' land. This'was a most - gratifyingspeCtacle, on Rae. one hand to behold part of the vast resources of Bli°' fain pouring into the country, and on the other, tid e see a portion thereof wafting to foreign parts, to the aid and assistance of the oppressed and insulted PoWers of Europe. .It was a sight that aroused' at once the pride and generosity of every one surveying it. • • JULY 30.—This morning, on the tide makings the Third, or last Division of the Expedition, con' sisting of. the horse-ships, store-ships, and flotilla of Deal boats and loggers, sailed hence for the Dotal coast, with a'very fine breeze. ' • • Several ships are solely loaded with large batilki of timber, bridges, chevaux-de-frieze, piles, pall' 'sadoes, &c. and all kind of tools for entrenchments , mining, &c.,and of ordnance stores of every descrir 'tion an inconceivable quantity is sent. If ever 30 ,Expeditton deserved success, this, from its magni tude and complete preparation, most surely does- The embargo on outward.:bound vessels was re' moved yesterday.